Case \Case\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cased; p. pr. & vb. n. Casing.]

1. To cover or protect with, or as with, a case; to inclose.

The man who, cased in steel, had passed whole days and nights in the saddle. --Prescott.

2. To strip the skin from; as, to case a box. [Obs.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)